Igbo Trader founded Kwankwaso Town in Kano State

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Danjuma Azemobo Musa wrote:

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE TOWN KWANKWASO IN KANO STATE WHERE THE CURRENT STATE GOVERNOR DR. RABIU MUSA KWANKWASO COMES FROM WAS FOUNDED BY AN IGBO TRADER CALLED MR. OKONKWO ABOUT 90 YEARS AGO?

Here is the gist:

An Igbo trader called Mr. Okonkwo found a convenient farm gate site along the railway track leading to Kano where he could buy, thresh and mill groundnut. He set up his thresher and mill and erected a signboard reading "OKONKWO & SONS ENTERPRISES". Soon he started getting patronage from neighbouring villagers and farmers who found it convenient for trade because of proximity to the railway. With time, the spot became lively with business activities and people started erecting huts and market stalls. 

By this time, OKONKWO AND SONS was being pronounced "Kwakwason" by the locals. Thus a famer or people from neighbouring settlements would say "I am going over to kwankwason to thresh my grondnuts"

So it was that the town of KWANKWASO established. There is nobody born over 90years ago who would claim he was born in Kwankwaso.